2of3The Spurs' Boris Diaw works with a youth girls basketball player at a camp during the Summer of 2015 at the SEED Project academy in Senegal. Diaw is the title sponsor for the girls school, which just started in 2014.Photo: Kevin Couliau / Courtesy photo

3of3San Antonio Spurs' Kawhi Leonard (from left), Tim Duncan, Boris Diaw, and Danny Green pause during a timeout in Game 6 of the first round of the Western Conference playoffs against the Los Angeles Clippers Thursday April 30, 2015 at the AT&T Center. The Clippers won 102-96.Photo: Edward A. Ornelas, Staff / San Antonio Express-News

Spurs forward Boris Diaw has been cleared to make his preseason debut in the refurbished AT&T Center on Sunday against Detroit.

But that doesn’t mean the name of the country on his passport has changed.

“I’m still French, though,” Diaw said Saturday, citing coach Gregg Popovich’s reasoning for keeping him out of three preseason games to date.

“I was being French the other game. I’m still French, but I’m playing this one.”

The other Frenchman on the Spurs’ roster will not be joining Diaw in uniform.

Point guard Tony Parker will miss the game with a sore ankle. It will be Parker’s second night off this preseason.

“He became more French,” Diaw said. “There’s a quota. Can’t have too many French guys on the court.”

Diaw’s absences to date have been part of a rest and rehabilitation program Popovich instituted to help the 33-year-old forward recover from a summer spent playing at Eurobasket.

“It’s been good,” Diaw said. “I feel great, rested. I’m ready to go.”

Aldridge returns: The keynote addition of the Spurs’ offseason, All-Star forward LaMarcus Aldridge is expected to make his AT&T Center debut Sunday as well.

Aldridge missed the Spurs’ loss at Atlanta on Wednesday with back spasms.

“I’ve practiced the last couple of days, no issues, so I’m good to go,” he said.

Body by Manu: After a 2014-15 season in which he flirted with career lows almost across the box score, reserve guard Manu Ginobili added a weight-lifting component to his offseason regimen.

So far, that summertime work on his body seems to be paying off.

In two preseason games, Ginobili has made 7 of 9 shots — including 3 of 4 3-pointers — and appears to be getting to the rim with greater ease than last season.

“He looks fresh and strong,” Popovich said of his 38-year-old backup guard. “He lifted all summer, and it shows on his body. He’s really cut.”

They meet again, again: Sunday’s game against the Pistons will mark the third time this preseason the Spurs have faced a relocated member of last season’s roster.

Aron Baynes signed a three-year, $19.5 million free-agent deal with Detroit last summer, after spending his first three NBA campaigns with the Spurs.

The Spurs have already dropped preseason games against Marco Belinelli in Sacramento and Tiago Splitter in Atlanta.

“It looks like we’re going to play one every game,” Diaw said. “It’s going to be cool to see (Baynes), and say goodbye too. I haven’t seen him since last summer.”

The Spurs will have to wait a bit to play the fourth member of last year’s squad to depart over the summer.